Alexander Lugo

January 10, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida spent at least $123 million on contracts for legal services during the recently reinaugurated Republican's first term, compared with $86 million in the second term of predecessor Rick Scott.

By Alexander Lugo

6 minute read

January 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

In addition to former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Kenneth Gerasimovich, who joined the firm in October, it's relocating two shareholders and a counsel to South Florida.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

January 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

After the Miami-based firm combined with Texas-based Thompson & Knight in 2021, the Sunshine State and the Lone Star State accounted for 42% of this year's promotions.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

January 04, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Waller has a lucrative regional niche in health care, and the combined firm will have nearly 2,000 attorneys in 35 offices across the U.S. and internationally.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

December 30, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Even as Kirkland, Sidley, Winston and King & Spalding entered Miami, local law firms continued to grow their practices and attorney head count.

By Alexander Lugo

8 minute read

December 28, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Brian Lower's addition is part of the firm's move to "strategically grow the firm's hospitality and timeshare practices to meet significant client demand," said a Greenberg Traurig shareholder.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

December 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

South Florida's gateway to Latin America and its growing status as a tech hub offered opportunities for some local and out-of-town law firms to keep expanding.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read

December 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"Our firm was founded, in part, on the premise that Big Law has gotten too woke, that there are clients and causes that they won't represent, which I think is antithetical to the practice of law," said Jesus Suarez, one of the firm's co-founders.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

December 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

As end-of-the-year pressures exacerbate existing stress and anxiety, measures such as replacing annual reviews with quarterly ones can help.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

December 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

A majority of people with mental illness have reported that the holidays tend to make their conditions worse, and attorneys also have to cope with a surge in settlements and closings.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read